The University of Cawifornia, Los Angewes (UCLA) is a pubwicresearch university in de Westwood district of Los Angewes, United States. It became de Soudern Branch of de University of Cawifornia in 1919, making it de second-owdest undergraduate campus of de ten-campus University of Cawifornia system.[11] It offers 337 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a wide range of discipwines.[12] UCLA enrowws about 31,000 undergraduate and 13,000 graduate students,[7] and had 119,000 appwicants for Faww 2016, incwuding transfer appwicants, de most appwicants for any American university.[13]

The Times Higher Education Worwd University Rankings for 2017–2018 ranked UCLA 15f in de worwd for academics, No.1 US Pubwic University for academics, and 13f in de worwd for reputation, uh-hah-hah-hah.[19][20] In 2017, UCLA ranked 12f in de worwd (10f in Norf America) by de Academic Ranking of Worwd Universities (ARWU)[21] and 33rd in de 2017–2018 QS Worwd University Rankings.[22] In 2017, de Center for Worwd University Rankings (CWUR) ranked de university 15f in de worwd based on qwawity of education, awumni empwoyment, qwawity of facuwty, pubwications, infwuence, citations, broad impact, and patents.[23] In 2017–2018, US News & Worwd Report ranked UCLA as de #1 pubwic university in de United States in a tie wif its sister campus, UC Berkewey.[24]

UCLA student-adwetes compete as de Bruins in de Pac-12 Conference. The Bruins have won 126 nationaw championships, incwuding 116 NCAA team championships, more dan any oder university except Stanford, who has won 117.[25][26][27] UCLA student-adwetes, coaches and staff won 251 Owympic medaws: 126 gowd, 65 siwver and 60 bronze.[28] UCLA student-adwetes competed in every Owympics since 1920 wif one exception (1924), and won a gowd medaw in every Owympics dat de United States participated in since 1932.[29]

In March 1881 de Cawifornia State Legiswature audorized de creation of a soudern branch of de Cawifornia State Normaw Schoow now San José State University in downtown Los Angewes to train teachers for de growing popuwation of Soudern Cawifornia]]. The Los Angewes branch of de Cawifornia State Normaw Schoow opened on August 29, 1882, on what is now de site of de Centraw Library of de Los Angewes Pubwic Library system. The faciwity incwuded an ewementary schoow where teachers-in-training couwd practice deir techniqwe wif chiwdren, uh-hah-hah-hah. That ewementary schoow is rewated to de present day UCLA Lab Schoow. In 1887, de branch campus became independent and changed its name to Los Angewes State Normaw Schoow.[30][31][32]

On May 23, 1919, de Soudern Cawifornians' efforts were rewarded when Governor Wiwwiam D. Stephens signed Assembwy Biww 626 into waw, which transformed de Los Angewes Normaw Schoow into de Soudern Branch of de University of Cawifornia. The same wegiswation added its generaw undergraduate program, de Cowwege of Letters and Science.[33] The Soudern Branch campus opened on September 15 of dat year, offering two-year undergraduate programs to 250 Letters and Science students and 1,250 students in de Teachers Cowwege, under Moore's continued direction, uh-hah-hah-hah.[34]

Soudern Branch of de University of Cawifornia's Vermont Campus, 1922.

Under University of Cawifornia President Wiwwiam Wawwace Campbeww, enrowwment at de Soudern Branch expanded so rapidwy dat by de mid-1920s de institution was outgrowing de 25 acre Vermont Avenue wocation, uh-hah-hah-hah. The Regents searched for a new wocation and announced deir sewection of de so-cawwed "Beverwy Site"—just west of Beverwy Hiwws—on March 21, 1925 edging out de panoramic hiwws of de stiww-empty Pawos Verdes Peninsuwa. After de adwetic teams entered de Pacific Coast conference in 1926, de Soudern Branch student counciw adopted de nickname "Bruins", a name offered by de student counciw at UC Berkewey.[35] In 1927, de Regents renamed de Soudern Branch de University of Cawifornia at Los Angewes (de word "at" was officiawwy repwaced by a comma in 1953, in wine wif oder UC campuses). In de same year, de state broke ground in Westwood on wand sowd for $1 miwwion, wess dan one-dird its vawue, by reaw estate devewopers Edwin and Harowd Janss, for whom de Janss Steps are named.[31] The campus in Westwood opened to students in 1929.

The originaw four buiwdings were de Cowwege Library (now Poweww Library), Royce Haww, de Physics-Biowogy Buiwding (now de Humanities Buiwding), and de Chemistry Buiwding (now Haines Haww), arrayed around a qwadranguwar courtyard on de 400 acre (1.6 km²) campus. The first undergraduate cwasses on de new campus were hewd in 1929 wif 5,500 students. After wobbying by awumni, facuwty, administration and community weaders, UCLA was permitted to award de master's degree in 1933, and de doctorate in 1936, against continued resistance from UC Berkewey.[36]

A timewine of de history can be found on its website,[37] as weww as a pubwished book.[38]

This section needs expansion wif: History after 1951. You can hewp by adding to it.(June 2016)

During its first 32 years, UCLA was treated as an off-site department of UC. As such, its presiding officer was cawwed a "provost", and reported to de main campus in Berkewey. In 1951, UCLA was formawwy ewevated to co-eqwaw status wif UC Berkewey, and its presiding officer Raymond B. Awwen was de first chief executive to be granted de titwe of chancewwor. The appointment of Frankwin David Murphy to de position of Chancewwor in 1960 hewped spark an era of tremendous growf of faciwities and facuwty honors. By de end of de decade, UCLA had achieved distinction in a wide range of subjects. This era awso secured UCLA's position as a proper university and not simpwy a branch of de UC system. This change is exempwified by an incident invowving Chancewwor Murphy, which was described by him:

I picked up de tewephone and cawwed in from somewhere, and de phone operator said, "University of Cawifornia." And I said, "Is dis Berkewey?" She said, "No." I said, "Weww, who have I gotten to?" "UCLA." I said, "Why didn't you say UCLA?" "Oh", she said, "we're instructed to say University of Cawifornia." So de next morning I went to de office and wrote a memo; I said, "Wiww you pwease instruct de operators, as of noon today, when dey answer de phone to say, 'UCLA.'" And dey said, "You know dey won't wike it at Berkewey." And I said, "Weww, wet's just see. There are a few dings maybe we can do around here widout getting deir permission, uh-hah-hah-hah."[39]

The new UCLA campus in 1929 had four buiwdings: Royce Haww and Haines Haww on de norf, and Poweww Library and Kinsey Haww (now de Humanities Buiwding) on de souf. The Janss Steps were de originaw 87-step entrance to de university dat wead to de qwad of dese four buiwdings. Today, de campus incwudes 163 buiwdings across 419 acres (1.7 km²) in de western part of Los Angewes, norf of de Westwood shopping district and just souf of Sunset Bouwevard. In terms of acreage, it is de second smawwest of de ten UC campuses.[8] The campus is cwose but not adjacent to de 405 San Diego Freeway.[42]

The campus is in de residentiaw area of Westwood and bordered by Bew-Air to de norf, Beverwy Hiwws to de east, and Brentwood to de west. The campus is informawwy divided into Norf Campus and Souf Campus, which are bof on de eastern hawf of de university's wand. Norf Campus is de originaw campus core; its buiwdings are more traditionaw in appearance and cwad in imported Itawian brick. Norf Campus is home to de arts, humanities, sociaw sciences, waw, and business programs and is centered around ficus and sycamore-wined Dickson Court, awso known as de "Sunken Garden". Souf Campus is home to de physicaw sciences, wife sciences, engineering, madematicaw sciences, heawf-rewated fiewds, and de UCLA Medicaw Center. The campus incwudes scuwpture gardens, fountains, museums, and a mix of architecturaw stywes.

Janss Steps, in front of Royce Haww

Ackerman Union, de John Wooden Center, de Ardur Ashe Heawf and Wewwness Center, de Student Activities Center, Kerckhoff Haww, de J.D. Morgan Center, de James West Awumni Center, and Pauwey Paviwion stand at de center of de campus, bordering Wiwson Pwaza. The campus is bisected by Bruin Wawk, a heaviwy travewed padway from de residentiaw hiww to de main campus. At de intersection of Bruin Wawk and Westwood Pwaza is Bruin Pwaza, featuring an outdoor performing arts stage and a bronze statue of de Bruin bear.

The first buiwdings were designed by de wocaw firm Awwison & Awwison. The Romanesqwe Revivaw stywe of dese first four structures remained de predominant buiwding stywe untiw de 1950s, when architect Wewton Becket was hired to supervise de expansion of de campus over de next two decades. Becket greatwy streamwined its generaw appearance, adding severaw rows of minimawist, swab–shaped brick buiwdings to de soudern hawf, de wargest of dese being de UCLA Medicaw Center.[45] Architects such as A. Quincy Jones, Wiwwiam Pereira and Pauw Wiwwiams designed many subseqwent structures on de campus during de mid-20f century. More recent additions incwude buiwdings designed by architects I.M. Pei, Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, Richard Meier, Cesar Pewwi, and Rafaew Vinowy. To accommodate UCLA's rapidwy growing student popuwation, muwtipwe construction and renovation projects are in progress, incwuding expansions of de wife sciences and engineering research compwexes. This continuous construction gives UCLA de nickname "Under Construction Like Awways".[46]

One notabwe buiwding on campus is named after African-American awumnus Rawph Bunche, who received de 1950 Nobew Peace Prize for negotiating an armistice agreement between de Jews and Arabs in Israew. The entrance of Bunche Haww features a bust of him overwooking de Frankwin D. Murphy Scuwpture Garden, uh-hah-hah-hah. He was de first individuaw of non-European background and de first UCLA awumnus to be honored wif de Prize.

The Hannah Carter Japanese Garden is wocated a miwe norf of campus, in de community of Bew Air. The garden was designed by wandscape architect Nagao Sakurai of Tokyo and garden designer Kazuo Nakamura of Kyoto in 1959. After de garden was damaged by heavy rains in 1969, UCLA Professor of Art and Campus Architect Koichi Kawana took on de task of its reconstruction, uh-hah-hah-hah.

In response to de major demand for fiwming, UCLA has instated a powicy to reguwate fiwming and professionaw photography at de campus.[48] "UCLA is wocated in Los Angewes, de same pwace as de American motion picture industry", said UCLA visiting professor of fiwm and tewevision Jonadan Kuntz.[49] "So we're convenient for (awmost) aww of de movie companies, TV production companies, commerciaw companies and so on, uh-hah-hah-hah. We're right where de action is."

The campus maintains 24,000 parking spaces and operates an award-winning sustainabwe transportation program.[50][51][52] Ewements of de sustainabwe transportation program incwude vanpoows, a campus shuttwe system cawwed BruinBus, discounted carpoow permits, and subsidized transit passes. One of de pass programs incwudes BruinGo!,[53] which awwows students and staff members to purchase discounted passes to ride Santa Monica's Big Bwue Bus and de Cuwver CityBus.[54] Additionawwy, UCLA has a grocery shuttwe dat transports students between de dorms and Westwood, on weekends in order to faciwitate students' shopping needs.[55]

The Times Higher Education Worwd University Rankings for 2017–2018 ranks UCLA 15f in de worwd for academics, No.1 US Pubwic University for academics, and 13f in de worwd for reputation, uh-hah-hah-hah.[20] UCLA was ranked 33rd in de QS Worwd University Rankings in 2017, 12f in de worwd (10f in Norf America) by de Academic Ranking of Worwd Universities (ARWU) in 2017, and 32nd in de worwd in Financiaw Times' Gwobaw MBA Rankings in 2017.[68] In 2017, de Center for Worwd University Rankings (CWUR) ranked de university 15f in de worwd based on qwawity of education, awumni empwoyment, qwawity of facuwty, pubwications, infwuence, citations, broad impact, and patents.[23] The 2017 U.S. News & Worwd Report Best Gwobaw University Rankings report ranked UCLA 10f in de worwd.[69] The CWTS Leiden ranking of universities based on scientific impact for 2017 ranks UCLA 14f in de worwd.[70] The University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP) conducted by Middwe East Technicaw University for 2016–2017 ranked UCLA 12f in de worwd based on de qwantity, qwawity and impact of research articwes and citations.[71] The Webometrics Ranking of Worwd Universities for 2017 ranked UCLA 11f in de worwd based on de presence, impact, openness and excewwence of its research pubwications.[72]

The 2018 U.S. News & Worwd Report Best Cowweges report ranked UCLA first (tie) among pubwic universities.[73]The Washington Mondwy ranked UCLA 8f among nationaw universities in 2016, wif criteria based on research, community service, and sociaw mobiwity. The Money Magazine Best Cowweges ranking for 2015 ranked UCLA 26f in de United States, based on educationaw qwawity, affordabiwity and awumni earnings.[74] In 2014, The Daiwy Beast's Best Cowweges report ranked UCLA 10f in de country.[75] The Kipwinger Best Cowwege Vawues report for 2015 ranked UCLA 6f for vawue among American pubwic universities.[76]The Waww Street Journaw and Times Higher Education ranked UCLA 26f among nationaw universities in 2016.[77] The 2013 Top American Research Universities report by de Center for Measuring University Performance ranks UCLA 11f in power, 12f in resources, facuwty, and education, 14f in resources and education and 9f in education, uh-hah-hah-hah.[78] The 2015 Princeton Review Cowwege Hopes & Worries Survey ranked UCLA as de No. 5 "Dream Cowwege" among students and de No. 10 "Dream Cowwege" among parents.[79] The Nationaw Science Foundation ranked UCLA 10f among American universities for research and devewopment expenditures in 2014 wif $948 miwwion, uh-hah-hah-hah.[80] The university is one of de Pubwic Ivies—a pubwic university considered to provide an Ivy League education, uh-hah-hah-hah.

The 2016 Forbes America's Top Cowweges report ranks UCLA 46f among aww universities and wiberaw arts cowweges in de United States. The 2016 U.S. News & Worwd Report Best Cowweges report ranked UCLA 8f among nationaw universities for campus ednic diversity,[81] 1st among nationaw universities for economic diversity among de top 25 ranked schoows,[82] 27f among nationaw universities for high schoow counsewor rankings,[83] and tied for 3rd among nationaw universities for freshman retention rate.[84] In 2015, Business Insider ranked UCLA 5f among American cowweges wif de best food, and one of de top 15 American cowweges wif de best dining hawws.[85][86] UCLA was ranked 78f in de United States by Payscawe and CowwegeNet's Sociaw Mobiwity Index cowwege rankings.[87] Education website Niche ranks UCLA 26f among aww American universities and wiberaw arts cowweges in 2016 based on academics and qwawity of student wife.[88]

The Institute of Internationaw Education ranked UCLA de American university wif de 7f most internationaw students in 2016 (behind NYU, USC, Arizona State, Cowumbia, Iwwinois, and Nordeastern).[119] In 2014, Business Insider ranked UCLA 5f in de worwd for de number of awumni working at Googwe (behind Stanford, UC Berkewey, Carnegie Mewwon and MIT).[120] In 2015, Business Insider ranked UCLA 10f among American universities wif de most students hired by Siwicon Vawwey companies.[121] In 2015, research firm PitchBook ranked UCLA 15f in de worwd for producing de most undergraduate awumni who are entrepreneurs backed by venture capitaw and 11f in de worwd for producing de most MBA graduate awumni who are entrepreneurs backed by venture capitaw.[122]

UCLA's wibrary system has over nine miwwion books and 70,000 seriaws spread over twewve wibraries and eweven oder archives, reading rooms, and research centers. It is de United States' 12f wargest wibrary in number of vowumes.[123]

The first wibrary, University Library (presentwy Poweww Library), was founded in 1884. In 1910, Ewizabef Fargo became de university's first wibrarian, uh-hah-hah-hah. Lawrence Poweww became wibrarian in 1944, and began a series of system overhauws and modifications, and in 1959, he was named Dean of de Schoow of Library Service.[124] More wibraries were added as previous ones fiwwed. Page Ackerman became University Librarian in 1973, and was de nation's first femawe wibrarian of a system as warge and compwex as UCLA's. She oversaw de first coordinations between oder UC schoows, and formed a new administrative network dat is stiww in use today.[125] Since her retirement, de system has seen steady growf and improvement under various Librarians. The present University Librarian is Virginia Steew, who took office on Juwy 15, 2013.[126]

U.S. News & Worwd Report rates UCLA "Most Sewective"[135] and Princeton Review rates its admissions sewectivity of 97 out of 99.[136] 102,242 prospective freshmen appwied for Faww 2017, de most of any four-year university in de United States.[130]

Admission rates vary according to de residency of appwicants. For Faww 2016, Cawifornia residents had an admission rate of 18%, whiwe out-of-state U.S. residents had an admission rate of 22% and internationaws had an admission rate of 14%.[137]

Enrowwed freshman for Faww 2017 had an unweighted GPA of 3.87, an SAT interqwartiwe range of 1240–1500, and an ACT interqwartiwe range of 27 – 33.[137] The SAT interqwartiwe ranges were 610-760 for reading/writing and 630-740 for maf.[130]

Transfer students experienced a much higher admission rate of 26% for Faww 2016.[139]

About 3,350 transfer students entered UCLA in Faww 2016, 83% of whom came from de Cawifornia Community Cowweges System.[139] Over de past 15 years, more dan 45,000 students have transferred to UCLA.[citation needed] Between one-hawf to one-dird of baccawaureate degrees are awarded to students who transferred to UCLA.[citation needed] One of de major issues is de decreased admission of African-Americans since de passage of Proposition 209 in 1996, prohibiting raciaw or sexuaw discrimination at pubwic institutions.[140] UCLA responded by shifting to a howistic admissions process starting Faww 2007.[141] The howistic admissions process evawuates appwicants based on deir opportunities in high schoow, deir personaw hardships and unusuaw circumstances at home.

Among de admitted freshman appwicants for Faww 2017, 36.7% chose to enroww at UCLA.[130]

For Faww 2014, de David Geffen Schoow of Medicine admitted 3.2% of its appwicants, making it de 9f most sewective U.S. medicaw schoow.[142] The Schoow of Law had a median undergraduate GPA of 3.74 and median Law Schoow Admission Test (LSAT) score of 166 for de enrowwed cwass of 2018.[143] The Anderson Schoow of Management had a middwe-80% GPA range of 3.2 – 3.8 and an average Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) score of 714 for de enrowwed MBA cwass of 2017.[144]

The university has a significant impact in de Los Angewes economy. It is de fiff wargest empwoyer in de county (after Los Angewes County, de Los Angewes Unified Schoow District, de federaw government and de City of Los Angewes) and de sevenf wargest in de region, uh-hah-hah-hah.[147][148]

The UCLA trademark "is de excwusive property of de Regents of de University of Cawifornia",[149] but it is managed, protected, and wicensed drough UCLA Trademarks and Licensing, a division of de Associated Students UCLA, de wargest student empwoyer on campus.[150][151] As such, de ASUCLA awso has a share in de profits.

Due to UCLA's academic and adwetic prestige, as weww as de name, being associated wif popuwar images of Soudern Cawifornia wifestywe, apparew wif UCLA wogos and insignia sewws not just in de United States, but as an overseas cwoding and accessories brand. High demand for UCLA apparew has inspired de wicensing of its trademark to UCLA brand stores droughout Europe, de Middwe East and Asia. Since 1980, 15 UCLA stores have opened in Souf Korea, and 49 are currentwy open in China. The newest store was opened in Kuwait.[152] There are awso stores in Mexico, Singapore, India and Europe.[153] UCLA makes $400,000 in royawties every year drough its internationaw wicensing program.[153]

UCLA has various store wocations around campus, wif de main store in Ackerman Union, uh-hah-hah-hah. In addition, UCLA-demed products are sowd at de gift shop of Fowwer Museum on campus.

Due to wicensing and trademarks, products wif UCLA wogos and insignia are usuawwy higher priced dan deir unwicensed counterparts. These products have popuwarity among visitors, who buy dem as gifts and souvenirs. For certain products (such as notebooks and fowders) de UCLA Store offers bof wicensed (wogo) and unwicensed (widout wogo, dus cheaper) options, but for many oder products de watter option is often unavaiwabwe.[citation needed]

Students who are part-time empwoyed by ASUCLA at a UCLA Store or a UCLA Restaurant are offered certain discounts when dey are shopping at UCLA Stores, in addition to deir sawary.

When Henry "Red" Sanders came to UCLA to coach footbaww in 1949, de uniforms were redesigned. Sanders added a gowd woop on de shouwders—de UCLA Stripe. The navy bwue was changed to a wighter shade of bwue. Sanders figured dat de baby bwue wouwd wook better on de fiewd and in fiwm. He dubbed de uniform "Powder Keg Bwue", a powder bwue wif an expwosive kick. This wouwd awso differentiate UCLA from aww oder UC teams, whose officiaw cowors are bwue and gowd.

UCLA competes in aww major Division I sports and has won 127 nationaw championships, incwuding 116 NCAA championships. Onwy Stanford University has more NCAA team championships, wif 117.[154] On Apriw 21, 2018, UCLA's women's gymnastics team defeated Okwahoma Sooners to win its 7f NCAA Nationaw Championship as weww as UCLA’s 115f overaww team titwe. Most recentwy, UCLA's women's soccer team defeated Fworida State to win its first NCAA Nationaw Championship awong wif women's tennis who defeated Norf Carowina to win its second NCAA Nationaw titwe ever.[155] UCLA's softbaww program is awso outstanding.[156] Women's softbaww won deir NCAA-weading 11f Nationaw Championship, on June 8, 2010. The women's water powo team is awso dominant, wif a record 7 NCAA championships. Notabwy, de team hewped UCLA become de first schoow to win 100 NCAA championships overaww when dey won deir fiff on May 13, 2007.

The men's water powo team won UCLA's 112f, 113f, and 114f nationaw championships, defeating USC in de championship game dree times: on December 7, 2014, on December 6, 2015, and on December 3, 2017. On October 9, 2016, de top-ranked men's water powo team broke de NCAA record for consecutive wins when dey defeated UC Davis for deir 52nd straight win, uh-hah-hah-hah. This toppwed Stanford's previous record of 51 consecutive wins set in 1985–87. The men's water powo team has become a dominant sport on campus wif a totaw of 11 nationaw championships, incwuding de schoow's most recent.

Among UCLA's 116 championship titwes, some of de more notabwe victories are in men's basketbaww. Under wegendary coach John Wooden, UCLA men's basketbaww teams won 10 NCAA championships, incwuding a record seven consecutive, in 1964, 1965, 1967–1973, and 1975, and an 11f was added under den-coach Jim Harrick in 1995 (drough 2008, de most consecutive by any oder team is two).[156] From 1971 to 1974, UCLA men's basketbaww won an unprecedented 88 consecutive games. UCLA has awso shown dominance in men's vowweybaww, wif 19 nationaw championships. Aww 19 teams were wed by former[157] coach Aw Scates, which ties him wif John McDonneww of de University of Arkansas as NCAA weader for nationaw championships in a singwe sport.[156]

Former UCLA basketbaww pwayer and former NBA pwayer Earw Watson commented, "Eweven nationaw championships, de best coach (Wooden) to coach de game says a wot. I take offense to dose who act wike UCLA is just anoder schoow compared wif Duke. Duke is a great schoow in de east, but UCLA is worwdwide."

UCLA is one of onwy five universities (Michigan, Stanford, Ohio State, and UC Berkewey being de oders) to have won nationaw championships in aww dree major men's sports (basebaww, basketbaww, and footbaww).[158]

UCLA shares a traditionaw sports rivawry wif de nearby University of Soudern Cawifornia, especiawwy for footbaww. Under famous coach John Wooden, UCLA became a dominating power in men's basketbaww, and has won 11 NCAA championships, against USC's zero.[159] In footbaww, UCLA has one nationaw champion team and 16 conference titwes, compared to USC's 11 nationaw championships and 37 conference championships. The two footbaww teams compete for annuaw possession of de Victory Beww, de trophy of de rivawry footbaww game. In 2015, UCLA's footbaww team was beaten by USC in a 21-40 defeat at de Los Angewes Memoriaw Cowiseum, ending its dree-game winning streak.[160]

The schoows share a rivawry in many oder sports. In men's vowweybaww, UCLA won 19 NCAA Men's Vowweybaww Championships against USC's four.[156] UCLA awso dominates de aww-time series vs. USC in men's vowweybaww (86–34).[161] In women's vowweybaww UCLA weads de aww-time series against USC as weww and has won eight nationaw champions to USC's six.[162] In soccer, UCLA weads USC in de aww-time series 13–3–0, yet USC no wonger competes in men's NCAA Division I soccer.[163] The annuaw SoCaw BMW Crosstown Cup compares de two schoows based on deir performance in 19 varsity sports; UCLA has won five times and USC has won nine times. This rivawry extends to de Owympic Games, where UCLA adwetes have won 250 medaws over a span of 50 years whiwe USC adwetes have won 287 over 100 years.[164][165][166]

UCLA and USC awso compete in de We Run The City 5K, an annuaw charity race to raise donations for Speciaw Owympics Soudern Cawifornia. The race is wocated on de campus of one of de schoows and switches to de oder campus each year. USC won de race in 2013 and 2015, whiwe UCLA won de race in 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2017.[167]

The origin is uncwear, but de rivawry most wikewy started when footbaww Haww of Fame coach Red Sanders wed UCLA to dominance in de 1950s. USC, having won four nationaw championships prior to UCLA's first and onwy titwe in 1954 diverted some attention from den-rivaw University of Notre Dame, and de new cross-town rivawry began, uh-hah-hah-hah.[168]

UCLA's first contemporary a cappewwa group, Awaken A Cappewwa, was founded in 1992. The aww-mawe group, Bruin Harmony, has enjoyed a successfuw career since its inception in 2006, portraying a cowwegiate a cappewwa group in The Sociaw Network (2010), whiwe de ScatterTones finished in second-pwace in de Internationaw Championship of Cowwegiate A Cappewwa in 2011–2013. Oder a cappewwa groups incwude Signature, Random Voices, Medweys, YOUTHphonics, Resonance, Deviant Voices, Awechords and Cadenza. YOUTHphonics and Medweys are UCLA's onwy nonprofit service-oriented a cappewwa groups.[170]

Fraternities and sororities have been a part of de University of Cawifornia, Los Angewes (UCLA) campus since 1923. Today UCLA is home to more dan 60 nationaw and wocaw Greek-wetter organizations, six governing counciws wif approximatewy 4,000 students which represents 13% of de undergraduate student popuwation, uh-hah-hah-hah.

The Interfraternity Counciw (IFC) comprises 22 fraternities. The Panhewwenic Association is made up of 17 sororities and over 4,000 women, uh-hah-hah-hah.

UCLA's officiaw charity is UniCamp, founded in 1934. It is a week-wong summer camp for under-served chiwdren from de greater Los Angewes area, wif UCLA vowunteer counsewors. UniCamp runs for seven weeks droughout de summer at Camp River Gwen in de San Bernardino Nationaw Forest. Because UniCamp is a non-profit organization, student vowunteers from UCLA awso fundraise money droughout de year to awwow dese chiwdren to attend summer camp.[174]

True Bruin Wewcome begins de faww qwarter to introduce new students to cwubs and activities. The week incwudes de Day of Service for aww freshmen, de Enormous Activities Fair, and de Sports Fair. At de end of move-in and de beginning of True Bruin Wewcome, UCLA howds Bruin Bash, which incwudes a concert, dance and movie pre-rewease. Bruin Bash was created as a repwacement for Bwack Sunday, a warge-scawe day of partying incwuding aww fraternities in Norf Westwood Viwwage.

The Pediatric AIDS Coawition organizes de annuaw Dance Maradon in Pauwey Paviwion, where dousands of students raise a minimum of $250 and dance for 26 hours to support de Ewizabef Gwaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Project Kindwe, and de UCLA AIDS Institute. Dancers are not awwowed to sit (except to use de restroom) during de maradon, witerawwy taking a stand against pediatric AIDS, and symbowizing de suffering of affected chiwdren around de worwd. In 2015, Dance Maradon at UCLA raised $446,157.[175]

During Finaws Week, UCLA students participate in "Midnight Yeww", where dey yeww as woudwy as possibwe for a few minutes at midnight to rewease some stress from studying. The qwarterwy Undie Run takes pwace during de Wednesday evening of Finaws Week, when students run drough de campus in deir underwear or in skimpy costumes. The run began in Faww of 2001 when a student, Eric Whitehead, wearing what he described as "reawwy short shorts" wawked around singing and pwaying guitar to protest de powice restrictions on de Midnight Yeww.[176] Wif de increasing safety hazards and Powice and Administration invowvement, a student committee changed de route to a run drough campus to Shapiro Fountain, which now cuwminates wif students dancing in de fountain, uh-hah-hah-hah.[177] In 2007, de route was changed again to begin at Stradmore Avenue instead of Landfair Avenue. The Undie Run has spread to oder American universities, incwuding de University of Texas at Austin, Arizona State University, and Syracuse University.

The Awumni Association sponsors severaw events, usuawwy warge extravaganzas invowving huge amounts of coordination, such as de 70-year-owd Spring Sing, organized by de Student Awumni Association (SAA). UCLA's owdest tradition, Spring Sing is an annuaw gawa of student tawent, which is hewd at eider Pauwey Paviwion or de outdoor Los Angewes Tennis Center. The committee bestows de George and Ira Gershwin Lifetime Achievement Award each year to a major contributor to de music industry. Past recipients have incwuded Stevie Wonder, Frank Sinatra, Ewwa Fitzgerawd, James Taywor, Ray Charwes, Natawie Cowe, Quincy Jones,[178]Lionew Richie, and in 2009, Juwie Andrews.[179] The Dinner for 12 Strangers is a gadering of students, awumni, administration and facuwty to network around different interests.[180] The "Beat 'SC Bonfire and Rawwy" occurs de week before de USC rivawry footbaww game.

JazzReggae Festivaw 2010

The USAC Cuwturaw Affairs Commission hosts de JazzReggae Festivaw, a two-day concert on Memoriaw Day weekend dat attracts more dan 20,000 attendees. The JazzReggae Festivaw is de wargest, entirewy student produced and run event of its kind on de West Coast.[181]

Sigma Eta Pi and Bruin Entrepreneurs organize LA Hacks, an annuaw hackadon where students from around de United States come to buiwd technowogy products. LA Hacks estabwished itsewf as de wargest hackadon in de United States when over 1500 students participated in Apriw 11–13, 2014.[182] LA Hacks awso howds de record for de most funds raised via corporate sponsorships wif $250,000 raised. Some of de tech worwd's most prominent peopwe have given tawks and judged projects at LA Hacks, incwuding Evan Spiegew (Founder and CEO of Snapchat), Awexis Ohanian (Co-Founder of Reddit), Sam Awtman (President of Y Combinator) and Chris De Wowfe (Founder of Myspace).

The Associated Students UCLA (ASUCLA) encompasses de student government and student-wed enterprises at UCLA. ASUCLA has four major components: de Undergraduate Students Association, de Graduate Students Association, Student Media, and services & enterprises. However, in common practice, de term ASUCLA refers to de services and enterprises component. This incwudes de Student Store, Bookstore, Food Services, Student Union, etc. These commerciaw enterprises generate approximatewy $40 miwwion in annuaw revenues.[183] As a nonprofit corporation, de financiaw goaw of ASUCLA is to provide qwawity services and programs for students. ASUCLA is governed by a student-majority Board of Directors. The Undergraduate Students Association and Graduate Students Association each appoint dree members pwus one awternate. In addition to de student members, dere are representatives appointed by de administration, de academic senate, and de awumni association, uh-hah-hah-hah. The "services and enterprises" portion of ASUCLA is run by a professionaw executive director who oversees some 300 staff and 2,000 student empwoyees.

The Graduate Students Association is de governing body for approximatewy 13,000 graduate and professionaw students at UCLA.[184]

The Undergraduate Students Association Counciw (USAC) is de governing body of de Undergraduate Students Association (USA) whose membership comprises every UCLA undergraduate student.[185] As of 2015, de student body had two major powiticaw swates: Bruins United and Let's Act. In de Spring 2016 ewection, de two competing parties were Bruins United and Waves of Change—a smawwer faction dat broke off of Lets Act.

USAC's fourteen student officers and commissioners are ewected by members of de Undergraduate Students Association at an annuaw ewection hewd during Spring Quarter. In addition to its fourteen ewected members, USAC incwudes appointed representatives of de Administration, de Awumni, and de Facuwty, as weww as two ex-officio members, de ASUCLA Executive Director and a student Finance Committee Chairperson who is appointed by de USA President and approved by USAC. Aww members of USAC may participate fuwwy in Counciw dewiberations, but onwy de ewected officers, minus de USAC President may vote.

Awong wif de counciw, de student government awso incwudes a seven-member Judiciaw Board, which simiwar to de Supreme Court, serves as de judiciaw branch of government and reviews actions of de counciw. These seven students are appointed by de student body president and confirmed by de counciw.

USAC's programs offers additionaw services to de campus and surrounding communities. For exampwe, each year approximatewy 40,000 students, facuwty and staff attend programs of de Campus Events Commission, incwuding a wow-cost fiwm program, a speakers program which presents weading figures from a wide range of discipwines, and performances by dozens of entertainers. Two to dree dousand UCLA undergraduates participate annuawwy in de more dan twenty vowuntary outreach programs run by de Community Service Commission, uh-hah-hah-hah. A warge corps of undergraduate vowunteers awso participate in programs run by de Student Wewfare Commission, such as AIDS Awareness, Substance Abuse Awareness, Bwood Drives and CPR/First Aid Training.

UCLA Student Media is de home of UCLA's newspaper, magazines, and radio station, uh-hah-hah-hah.[186] Most student media pubwications are governed by de ASUCLA Communications Board.

The Daiwy Bruin is UCLA's most prominent student pubwication, uh-hah-hah-hah. Founded in 1919 under de name Cub Cawifornian, it has since den devewoped into Los Angewes' dird-most circuwated newspaper. It has won dozens of nationaw awards, and is reguwarwy commended for wayout and content. In 2016, de paper won two Nationaw Pacemaker Awards – one for de best cowwege newspaper in de country, and anoder for de best cowwege media website in de country.[187] The newspaper has not been widout scrutiny and controversy, and in 1954, de administration attempted to intervene wif de previous powicy of ewecting editors by a student counciw.

Student groups such as The Forum for Energy Economics and Devewopment awso pubwish yearwy journaws focused on energy technowogies and industries. There are awso numerous graduate student-run journaws at UCLA, such as Carte Itawiane, Issues in Appwied Linguistics, and Mediascape.[188] Many of dese pubwications are avaiwabwe drough open access. The Schoow of Law pubwishes de UCLA Law Review which is currentwy ranked sevenf among American waw schoows.[189]

Most undergraduate students are housed in 14 compwexes on de western side of campus, referred to by students as "The Hiww". Students can wive in hawws, pwazas, suites, or university apartments, which vary in pricing and privacy. Housing pwans awso offer students access to dining faciwities, which have been ranked by de Princeton Review as some of de best in de United States.[191] Dining hawws are wocated in Covew Commons, Rieber Haww, Carnesawe Commons and De Neve Pwaza. In winter 2012, a dining haww cawwed The Feast at Rieber opened to students. The newest dining haww (as of Winter Quarter 2014) is Bruin Pwate, wocated in de Carnesawe Commons (commonwy referred to as Sprouw Pwaza). Residentiaw cafes incwude Bruin Cafe, Rendezvous, The Study at Hedrick, and Cafe 1919.[192] UCLA currentwy offers dree years guaranteed housing to its incoming freshmen, and one year to incoming transfer students. There are four type of housing avaiwabwe for students: residentiaw hawws, dewuxe residentiaw hawws, residentiaw pwazas, and residentiaw suites. Avaiwabwe on de hiww are study rooms, basketbaww courts, tennis courts, and Sunset Recreationaw Center which incwudes dree swimming poows.

Graduate students are housed in one of five apartment compwexes. Weyburn Terrace is wocated just soudwest of de campus in Westwood Viwwage. The oder four are roughwy five miwes souf of UCLA in Pawms and Mar Vista. They too vary in pricing and privacy.[193] Approximatewy 400 students wive at de University Cooperative Housing Association, wocated two bwocks off campus.[194]

Students who are invowved in Greek wife have de option to awso wive in Greek housing whiwe at UCLA. Sorority houses are wocated east of campus on Hiwgard Avenue, and fraternity houses are wocated west of campus droughout Westwood Viwwage. A student usuawwy wives wif 50+ students in Greek housing.

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In January 2013, Chancewwor Gene Bwock waunched de UCLA Heawdy Campus Initiative (HCI), envisioned and supported by Jane and Terry Semew.[203] The Semew HCI prioritizes de heawf and wewwness of UCLA students, staff, and facuwty by "making de heawdy choice de easy choice."[203] The goaw of de initiative is to make UCLA de heawdiest campus in de country, and to share best practices and research wif oder communities, wocawwy and beyond.[204]

The UCLA Heawdy Campus Initiative is credited wif providing inspiration for nationaw initiatives incwuding de Partnership for a Heawdier America (PHA) Heawdier Campus Initiative and de University of Cawifornia Office of de President (UCOP) Gwobaw Food Initiative (GFI).[206][211] In November 2014, UCLA was one of de 20 inauguraw cowweges and universities to pwedge to adopt PHA's guidewines for food and nutrition, physicaw activity and programming over dree years.[211] The Semew HCI is a member of bof de Menus of Change Research Cowwaborative[212] and de Teaching Kitchen Cowwaborative,[213] and a contributor to The Huffington Post.[214]

In 2015, UCLA was incwuded on Greatist's wist of "The 25 Heawdiest Cowweges in de U.S."[215] In 2016, UCLA was ranked best cowwege food in America by Town & Country.[216]

Geography professor Jared Diamond won de 1998 Puwitzer Prize for his book Guns, Germs, and Steew.[230] Two UCLA history professors have each won 2008 Puwitzer Prizes for generaw nonfiction and history. Sauw Friedwänder, noted schowar of de Nazi Howocaust, won de prize for generaw nonfiction for his 2006 book, The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and de Jews, 1939–1945, and Daniew Wawker Howe for his 2007 book, What Haf God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815–1848.

UCLA awso boasts an excewwent miwitary background, wif hundreds of awumni serving deir nation, uh-hah-hah-hah. Carwton Skinner was a U.S. Navy Commander who raciawwy integrated de service at de end of Worwd War II on de USS Sea Cwoud. He was awso de first civiwian governor of Guam. Francis B. Wai is, to date, de onwy Chinese-American and de first Asian-American to be awarded de Congressionaw Medaw of Honor for his actions in Worwd War II. UCLA awso wost an awumnus in earwy 2007 when Second Lieutenant Mark Daiwy was kiwwed in Mosuw, Iraq after his HMMWV was hit by an IED. Lieutenant Daiwy's service is marked by a pwaqwe wocated on de nordern face of de Student Activities Center (SAC), where de ROTC hawws are currentwy wocated.